# State ex rel. Hawkins v. Pickaway County Board of Elections

> Ohio Supreme Court · February 27, 1996 · 75 Ohio St. 3d 275

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6773630

## Case

- **Full name:** The State ex rel. Hawkins v. Pickaway County Board of Elections
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** February 27, 1996
- **Citations:** 75 Ohio St. 3d 275
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Cook
- **Judges:** Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright
- **Cited by:** 22 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Cook, J.,
dissenting. I respectfully dissent. I construe the two requirements in R.C. 311.01(B)(9) (at least five years of full-time law enforcement experience and two years of supervisory experience or its equivalent) to reflect the legislative intent that the candidate have full-time experience supervising law enforcement officers, as will be required of a sheriff, if elected. Relator’s evidence did not meet the requirements and, thus, the board acted properly in declining to certify his candidacy.
Resnick, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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